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Main Authors: van Remmerden, Jesse, Kenter, Maurice, Roijers, Diederik M., Andriotis, Charalampos, Zhang, Yingqian, Bukhsh, Zaharah
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.06184
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author van Remmerden, Jesse
Kenter, Maurice
Roijers, Diederik M.
Andriotis, Charalampos
Zhang, Yingqian
Bukhsh, Zaharah
author_facet van Remmerden, Jesse
Kenter, Maurice
Roijers, Diederik M.
Andriotis, Charalampos
Zhang, Yingqian
Bukhsh, Zaharah
contents In this paper, we introduce Multi-Objective Deep Centralized Multi-Agent Actor-Critic (MO- DCMAC), a multi-objective reinforcement learning (MORL) method for infrastructural maintenance optimization, an area traditionally dominated by single-objective reinforcement learning (RL) approaches. Previous single-objective RL methods combine multiple objectives, such as probability of collapse and cost, into a singular reward signal through reward-shaping. In contrast, MO-DCMAC can optimize a policy for multiple objectives directly, even when the utility function is non-linear. We evaluated MO-DCMAC using two utility functions, which use probability of collapse and cost as input. The first utility function is the Threshold utility, in which MO-DCMAC should minimize cost so that the probability of collapse is never above the threshold. The second is based on the Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) methodology used by asset managers to asses maintenance plans. We evaluated MO-DCMAC, with both utility functions, in multiple maintenance environments, including ones based on a case study of the historical quay walls of Amsterdam. The performance of MO-DCMAC was compared against multiple rule-based policies based on heuristics currently used for constructing maintenance plans. Our results demonstrate that MO-DCMAC outperforms traditional rule-based policies across various environments and utility functions.
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spellingShingle Deep Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning for Utility-Based Infrastructural Maintenance Optimization
van Remmerden, Jesse
Kenter, Maurice
Roijers, Diederik M.
Andriotis, Charalampos
Zhang, Yingqian
Bukhsh, Zaharah
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
In this paper, we introduce Multi-Objective Deep Centralized Multi-Agent Actor-Critic (MO- DCMAC), a multi-objective reinforcement learning (MORL) method for infrastructural maintenance optimization, an area traditionally dominated by single-objective reinforcement learning (RL) approaches. Previous single-objective RL methods combine multiple objectives, such as probability of collapse and cost, into a singular reward signal through reward-shaping. In contrast, MO-DCMAC can optimize a policy for multiple objectives directly, even when the utility function is non-linear. We evaluated MO-DCMAC using two utility functions, which use probability of collapse and cost as input. The first utility function is the Threshold utility, in which MO-DCMAC should minimize cost so that the probability of collapse is never above the threshold. The second is based on the Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) methodology used by asset managers to asses maintenance plans. We evaluated MO-DCMAC, with both utility functions, in multiple maintenance environments, including ones based on a case study of the historical quay walls of Amsterdam. The performance of MO-DCMAC was compared against multiple rule-based policies based on heuristics currently used for constructing maintenance plans. Our results demonstrate that MO-DCMAC outperforms traditional rule-based policies across various environments and utility functions.
title Deep Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning for Utility-Based Infrastructural Maintenance Optimization
topic Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.06184